How To: 12 Innovative Ways to Reuse Plastic Cups

Don't add your plastic cup to the trash bin just yet. The sturdy plastic material of these ubiquitous containers makes them perfect to use as miniature DIY greenhouses for seedlings, smartphone sound amplifiers, Christmas ornament storage, and even packing material.

If you have many plastic cups (say, over 120) that you don't know what to do with, get crafty and make yourself a chic plastic cup chandelier. Or if you just have enough plastic cups for a party, freeze water in them with a Dixie cup and make yourself shot glasses out of ice.

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